Daring, flashy, innovative, volatile--no matter what they call him,
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of soccer's brightest stars. A
top-scoring striker with Paris Saint-Germain and captain of the
Swedish national team, he has dominated the world's most storied
teams, including Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, and AC
Milan. But his life wasn't always so charmed.
Born to Balkan immigrants who divorced when he was a toddler,
Zlatan learned self-reliance from his rough-and-tumble
neighborhood. While his father, a Bosnian Muslim, drank to forget
the war back home, his mother's household was engulfed in chaos.
Soccer was Zlatan's release. Mixing in street moves and trick
plays, Zlatan was a wild talent who rode to practice on stolen
bikes and relished showing up the rich kids--opponents and
teammates alike. Goal by astonishing goal, the brash young outsider
grew into an unlikely prodigy and, by his early twenties, an
international phenomenon.
Told as only the man himself could tell it, featuring stories of
friendships and feuds with the biggest names in the sport, "I Am
Zlatan" is a wrenching, uproarious, and ultimately redemptive tale
for underdogs everywhere.
Praise for "I Am Zlatan"
"Terrific . . . Far more insightful than your typical jock memoir,
Ibra's book tells his story of growing up as the son of immigrants
in Sweden and pulls no punches when it comes to his opinions of
some of the biggest names in the game."--"Sports Illustrated"
"The most compelling autobiography ever to appear under a
footballer's name."--"The Guardian"
"The story of Zlatan--from his days as an immigrant kid juggling a
soccer ball so he won't get bullied to his emergence as the genius
player who scored the greatest goal ever--is as compelling and
fancy-footed as his game."--Aleksandar Hemon, National Book Award
finalist and author of "The Lazarus Project"
"I love this book. I love it because it's so much bigger than
soccer. "I Am Zlatan" is a story of hope and grit and what an
immigrant kid who comes from nothing can accomplish with hard work
and belief in himself. It's also a beautiful window into our new,
more open, more diverse world."--Marcus Samuelsson, bestselling
author of "Yes, Chef"
"Probably the bestselling European immigrant's tale since Zadie
Smith's "White Teeth" . . . Once you get past the obligatory
snigger prompted by the phrase 'footballer's autobiography, ' you
can see that Zlatan's book strangely resembles an earlier
immigrant's tale: "Portnoy's Complaint."""--Financial Times
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"He is skillful. He is outspoken. He is Zlatan."--"The New York
Times"
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"The best sports autobiography in years."--"PolicyMic"
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